Aechmea fulgens

Species of flowering plant

Aechmea fulgens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Lamprococcus
Species:
A. fulgens
Binomial name
Aechmea fulgens
Brongn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamprococcus fulgens (Brongn.) Beer
  • Aechmea discolor C.Morren
  • Lamprococcus fulgens var. discolor (C.Morren) Brongn. ex Beer
  • Aechmea fulgens var. discolor (C.Morren) Brongn. ex Baker

Aechmea fulgens, the coralberry, is a bromeliad, which is often used like an ornamental plant. This plant grows in Brazil, especially in following states: Bahia and Pernambuco. It has an upright open rosette shape and after blooming, becomes a reddish orange. It blooms one time before dying.

Cultivars

  • Aechmea 'Burning Bush'
  • Aechmea 'Festival'
  • Aechmea 'Fulgida'
  • Aechmea 'Ice-T'
  • Aechmea 'Jeanne Eunice'
  • Aechmea 'Torch'

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
  • Aechmea fulgens Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  • (in Portuguese) Aechmea fulgens
Taxon identifiers
Aechmea fulgens


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